SPOTLIGHT

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UNODA and UNIDIR issue publication on Hypersonic Weapons with foreword by High Rep Nakamitsu

Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) ratified by Zimbabwe

European Union Council Decision continues support of Biological Weapons Convention through UNODA

Implementation Plan for the SG’s Disarmament Agenda updated to include Champions, Supporters and SDGs

High Representative’s Message on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science

High Representative Nakamitsu’s Briefing to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva (by video conference from New York)

El Salvador becomes the 21st State to ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)

Interview with HR Nakamitsu: “The Fourth Industrial Revolution and Global Peace and Security”

DISARMAMENT IN THE NEWS

Imaging drones to spot signs of explosive chemicals leaking from landmines

gizmag.com

UNFOLD ZERO interviews UN General Assembly President

unfoldzero.org

Project to connect American youth with Atomic Bomb survivors (Hibakusha) winding down

japantimes.co.jp

Showing Hiroshima’s Reality

nhk.or.jp

FEATURED CONTENT

Overview and status of disarmament-related expert groups established under the Secretary-General’s auspices

First Committee of the Seventy-Third Session of the General Assembly

Securing Our Common Future: An Agenda for Disarmament

Disarmament Education

UNODA UPDATE

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The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs marks the conclusion of European Union Council Decision 2016/51 in support of the Biological Weapons Convention

Nuclear Weapons Ban Monitor 2018

ODA concludes a series of regional science and technology workshops on the Biological Weapons Convention

The Expanding Use of Armed UAVs and the Need for International Standards

How to Use the Arms Trade Treaty to Address Gender-Based Violence

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Information for participation by non-governmental organizations in the Preparatory Committee for the 2020 Review Conference of the NPT (Deadline for organizations: 1 March 2019)

Overview and status of disarmament-related expert groups established under the Secretary-General’s auspices

(Information for delegations) preliminary information for participants at the Third Review Conference of the Programme of Action on small arms and light weapons

High-level international conference on nuclear disarmament and its organizational meeting postponed

Notes Verbale requesting views of Member States for disarmament-related reports mandated by the General Assembly

EVENTS

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February 11 - 22, 2019

Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space: Scientific and Technical Sub-Committee, 56th session

Vienna, Austria

February 18 - March 1, 2019

Training on resolving firearms-related cases

Georgetown, Guyana

February 20 - 20, 2019

Training of Trainers activities in the framework of the SALW marking Project

Lomé, Togo

February 20 - 22, 2019

Informal high-level meeting on “Disarmament that saves lives”

Greentree Estate, New York

February 26 - March 3, 2019

Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Training for diplomats from Asian States, Jointly with UNITAR Hiroshima

Hiroshima, Japan

February 26 - 27, 2019

Executive workshop on good practices in arms control and prevention of diversion

Asuncion, Paraguay

February 26 - 28, 2019

Arms Trade Treaty validation Workshop

Antananarivo, Madagascar

March 1 - June 30, 2019

Technical and Legal Assistance Project to Support the Implementation of the UN PoA and ATT

Colombo, Sri Lanka and Dili, Timor-Leste

March 1 - September 30, 2019

Southeast Asia Regional Outreach Seminar on Illicit Conventional Ammunition and MOSAIC/IATG Training to develop national action plans to address illegal flows of SALW and conventional ammunition

Jakarta, Indonesia, and Bangkok, Thailand, respectively

March 1 - 1, 2019

20th Anniversary of the Entry into Force of the Mine Ban Treaty